• Source: Posse (1975 film)

      • Posse is a 1975 American revisionist Western film in Technicolor and Panavision. It was produced and directed by Kirk Douglas who also starred. The screenplay was written by Christopher Knopf and William Roberts. The plot centers on a U.S. marshal with political ambitions leading an elite posse in pursuit of a notorious train robber to further his political career. The film premiered in New York City on June 4, 1975, and in June the same year in Berlin at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival, where Douglas was nominated for the Golden Bear.


      Plot


      Howard Nightingale (Douglas), a U.S. marshal, leads an elite uniformed posse to track down and capture infamous train robber Jack Strawhorn (Bruce Dern). He is doing so to further his political career, as he is running to become a U. S. Senator. When Nightingale captures Strawhorn, his election seems inevitable, but Strawhorn disrupts everything when he escapes, kidnapping Nightingale in the process. He demands a ransom of $40,000 from the posse for Nightingale's safe return—the same amount of money the posse burned when it first tracked Strawhorn down and killed the members of his gang. To raise the money, Nightingale's posse has to rob the town, thus turning the public against Nightingale. The posse members, since they first captured Strawhorn, had been given reason to doubt that their loyalty to Nightingale is reciprocated. It sets up a final confrontation where they have to reassess on whose side they are.


      Cast


      Kirk Douglas as Marshal Howard Nightingale
      Bruce Dern as Jack Strawhorn
      Bo Hopkins as Wesley
      James Stacy as Hellman
      Luke Askew as Krag
      David Canary as Pensteman
      Alfonso Arau as Peppe
      Katherine Woodville as Mrs. Cooper
      Mark Roberts as Mr. Cooper
      Beth Brickell as Mrs. Ross
      Dick O'Neill as Wiley
      Bill Burton as McCanless
      Louie Elias as Rains
      Gus Greymountain as Reynolds
      Allan Warnick as The Telegrapher
      Roger Behrstock as Buwalda
      Jess Riggle as Hunsinger
      Stephanie Steele as Amy
      Melody Thomas as Laurie
      Dick Armstrong as Shanty Principal
      Larry Finley as Shanty Principal
      Pat Tobin as Shanty Principal


      See also


      List of American films of 1975


      References




      External links


      Posse at IMDb
      Posse at AllMovie
      Posse at the TCM Movie Database
      Posse at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
      Sample frames of Posse from one of the cinematographers

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